That's the question that prompted the
coordinator of this project to launch this study after seeing the BBC report about the
suicide bombing of the Sbarro Pizzeria in Jerusalem in August 2001.

So, what really happens when the bus you are sitting in suddenly explodes into a ball of fire? Or, the coffee
you are just about to drink is blasted away – along with your hand – as a suicide bomber detonates his lethal
device?

What do you hear? What do you see? What do you feel? What do you do – if you are lucky enough
to be alive – when an eerie silence erupts, followed by screams amidst the smoke, flames and wreckage?